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immaculate,plain white eps.8vo HB+dw/dj,iii-xivpp+1-321pp [paginated] includes contents list/
table,foreword by Lord Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine K.G, C.B.E, DSO, preface by Sir Chris Bonington, editor intro (Geoff Milburn), Presidents/Vice-Presidents & Honorary Members/Patrons lists,4 sections include history of the BMC (British Mountaineering Council), Committees,area and National Committees,Articles from MOUNTAINEERING (official mountaineering magazine),key dates in the political history of the council,profuse contemporary b/w portrait+scenic photographs (the majority - but with a couple in colour) interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated]
portrait photographic half-title page,colour mountain scenic photographic frntis,SIGNED title-page,and 3pp b/w mountaineering products adverts to rear.
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This book describes the political actions and struggles that have taken place in Britain in order to maintain the seemingly tranquil activity of mountaineering.
Mountaineering,in its various forms,is a pastime (or sport) whose adherents place great value on their
independence,and who are suspicious of any attempt to impose organisation and rules.Yet a central
body,the British Mountaineering Council,was brought into being in December 1944 by Geoffrey Winthrop Young and Leo Amery,successive Alpine Club Presidents,with the support of the other major clubs of the day.Its original purpose was to provide wartime mountaineering advice to the authorities,but it soon developed idealistic aspirations that matched the reforming mood of the post-war world.As climbing grew in popularity
the BMC grew with it,becoming the focal point for the hundreds of new clubs that sprang up in the years that followed.
'The First Fifty Years' is therefore something of a pot-pourri of contributions by many authors, rather than a focussed account by a single historian.They vary in style and interest but for the most part are fresh,idiosyncratic and candid.
Much scattered history is gathered and the overall result is a unique and somewhat unusual publication.It will be invaluable as a check on dates,events and personalities,but will also be of great interest to anyone wishing to know more about how political activity has shaped the sport and maintained the freedoms that muntaineers hold so dear.
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